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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 13 January 2026
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Question reference: S6T-01253

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Circularity Scotland expects to make £57 million a year by the public failing to return containers, and that this is part of the company's business model.

Question reference: S6T-01247

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the EIS vote to accept the latest pay offer, what assessment is being undertaken to understand any impact of days lost as a result of industrial action on children’s education and the school environment.

Question reference: S6F-01928

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide police with access to all correspondence, transcripts, meeting notes and other communications with ministers, its officials and with the Scottish Prison Service, to assist with the investigation regarding the Allan Marshall case.

Question reference: S6F-01919

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government has made any assessment of the effect that long A&E waits have on patient mortality.

Question reference: S6F-01913

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

To ask the First Minister, ahead of the publication of the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change next week, what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that Scotland plays a leading role in tackling the global climate emergency.

Question reference: S6F-01912

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the UK Government's Spring Budget.

Question reference: S6F-01907

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01908

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-15418

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme, whether it has made an application for an exemption under the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, and, if not, what plans it has to submit any such application.

Question reference: S6W-15404

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government to which countries, including other parts of the UK, Scottish plastic waste was exported in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022, broken down by the percentage exported to each.